What does the electroencephalogram tell us about the mechanisms of action of ECT in major depressive disorders?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 98-106

  Farzan, Faranak ^a   Boutros, Nash N ^b   Blumberger, Daniel M ^a   Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Electroencephalography; Functional connectivity; Inhibition; Major depressive disorder; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STANDARDIZATION; STEREOTYPY; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84901642346     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000144     Document Type: Review

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